On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 18:42 -0600, Joel Schneider wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:02:23PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> > Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> >   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/RELNOTES-0.01
> 
> The release notes indicate that the linux 0.01 is closely related to 
> MINIX.  Has Andrew Tanenbaum ever suggested that it should be called 
> MINIX/Linux instead of just Linux?

An SCO flunky apparently tried to stir up some dirt in this area, going
so far as trying to manipulate Andrew Tanenbaum in an interview. It lead
to some interesting essays from Andrew:

"Linus used MINIX as his development platform. There is no dispute about
that. He also used some ideas from MINIX. But MINIX wasn't original
either. Here is a little bit of the history

Linux used ideas from MINIX
MINIX used ideas from UNIX
UNIX used ideas from MULTICS
MULTICS used ideas from CTSS
CTSS used ideas from FMS


In science, all work is based on what came before it. Nothing unusual
here. What Linus didn't do was steal the MINIX code. That has been well
documented."


http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/rebuttal/
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/codecomparison/
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